Early years
With Atria's founding in April 2002, the longtime imprint Washington Square Press joins Atria and becomes the trade paperback home of such major authors as Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Weiner and Kate Morton, joining backlist luminaries as Pearl Buck, Carlos Castaneda, Jim Harrison, Walter Mosley and Wally Lamb.
In an auspicious debut, the imprint's first title, The Right Words at the Right Time by Marlo Thomas, becomes a #1 New York Times bestseller.
Atria Books Español is founded, publishing Spanish-language books with an emphasis on quality fiction, celebrity memoirs and self help. Atria Español authors include Laura Esquivel, María Dueñas, Javier Sierra, Teresa Rodriguez, Daisy Fuentes, María Celeste Arrarás, Marcos Witt and Daisy Martinez.
2005
Strebor Books, founded in 1999 and still led by Zane, becomes part of Atria. The imprint is expanding this year beyond fiction to publish nonfiction, too, with works by Maxwell Billeon and RayJ. Some 25% of Atria's list, including Strebor, is devoted to the African-American publishing program.
2006
Atria and Beyond Words create a joint venture. A star of the line is The Secret by Rhonda Byrne, which has remained on bestseller lists since it was published in 2006, with more than 8 million copies in print. Byrne's latest book is The Magic, published last month, which aims to help readers make spirituality and magic part of their day-to-day lives.
2011
Cash Money Content is launched as a partnership between record label Cash Money Records and Atria to publish original and influential voices in urban fiction, as well as life-changing books on money, motivation, health and success and memoirs by some of the label's stars.
2011
Emily Bestler Books is founded and headed by senior v-p and editor-in-chief Emily Bestler, who has been with the company for 16 years, had 79 New York Times bestsellers and worked with, among others, Vince Flynn, Jodi Picoult, Diane Setterfield, John Connolly, Sister Souljah, Brad Thor, Nicolle Wallace and Glen Beck. Emily Bestler Books publishes fiction and nonfiction, everything from thrillers, cookbooks and memoirs to international crime fiction and novels with literary flair.
